Cotton-planter.



Patented July 29, I902.

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JOHN ALEXANDER MCCAIN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

COTTON-PLANTER.

SIECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,598, dated July 29, 1902.

Application filed November 16, 1901. Serial No. 82,557. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ALEXANDERMC- CAIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, int-he county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented'a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Planters,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to planters, and more particularly to one intended for planting cotton-seed or seed of a similar nature.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient device which will UHI'.

formly feed the seed and avoid clogging; and

with this object in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination hereinafter fully described,

nor of adjusting the feed-slide, and Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic View illustrating the relative positions of the ground-wheels to each other.

In carrying out my invention I employ a beam A, having the hook A at its forward end, the rear end terminating in a standard A to which the shovel or point A is attached. Hopper-supporting beams B are attached to the central'draft-beam A, adjacent to its rear end, said beams gradually diverging, and between these beams are arranged the vertical end 0 and the inclined rear end D of the hopper, and connected to said ends 0 and D are the side pieces E, arranged above the beams, and converging side pieces F, arranged below the side beams. Astationary plate G is arranged upon the beam of one of the sides, and-the movable slide or plate H is pivoted at H upon the bottom of the other side F, said movable slide or plate H having an angular end H slotted at 1-1 so that the said slide or plate can be adjusted to increase or diminish the size of the opening at the bottom of the hopper, a pin H passing through the slot H said pin having a Winged nut H arranged thereon for the purpose of securing the plate or slide in its adjusted position. Journal boxes I are arranged in the lower sides of the hopper, and turning in said boxes are the stub-axles K,

the outer ends of which are square in crosssection and have the ground-wheels L mounted thereon. Upon the inner end of one stubaxle is a corrugated disk M, while upon the inner end of-the other stub-axle is a disk N, having points or teeth N projecting from the periphery thereof. Inasmuch as the sides of the hopperconverge the ground-wheels will also converge, and the edgesof these wheels are beveled upon the outer sides, as shown at L, in order that the said wheels may travel in the furrow opened by the point A The converging wheels virtually provide a chute between which the seeds are dropped, and inasmuch as the said wheels are connected to the corrugated and toothed disks it will be readily seen that choking or clogging is almost impossible.

Handles O are attached to the rear end of the hopper, and covering-blades P extend from the rear ends-of the hopper-supporting beams B for thepurpose ofcovering the seed.

By having the hopper, broader at itsyrear end than at the forward end the ground-wheels are made to travel closertogether at the front than at the rear,-as most clearly shown in Fig. 5, and any earthwhich may belifted by the said wheels .will be dropped before the complish all of the objects for which it is intended.

- Having thus fullydescribed my invention,

whatIclaim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a planter, the combination with the hopper havingconverging sides, axles journaled in the said sides and carryinggroundwheels at their outer ends, and the stirrerwheels arranged upon'the inner ends of said- 'axles, substantially as described."

2. In a planter the combination with a hopper having converging sides, the rear end of said hopper being wider than the front end,

stub-axles journaled in the converging sides, the ground-wheels rigidly mounted upon the outer ends of said axles, a corrugated disk mounted upon the inner end of one axle, and a tooth-disk arranged upon the inner end of the other axle, substantially as described.

3. In a planter, the combination with a hopper having converging sides, ground-wheels having their axles journaled in the said converging sides, a stationary plate arranged upon the bottom of one side piece of the hopper, and an adjustable plate arranged upon the bottom of the other side piece of the hopper, saidhopper being broader at its rear end than at the forward end, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a main beam having a standard attached thereto, the hopperwheels arranged upon the inner ends of said stub-axles, substantially as set forth.

J OHN ALEXANDER MCCAIN. \Vitnesses:

JOSEPH L. COBB, J. W. ADAMS. 

